aaaa! photosensitization is everywhere!

[eub]

Wild parsnip sunburns, that's one thing. But parsley, celery, and carrots? I don't know, I've never gotten parsley burns, knock wood. And it's not just umbellifers -- be wary of limes.

The lesions resulted from inadvertent application of squeezed lime juice to the children's skin by their parents during the routine preparation of drinks, followed by sun exposure, which activated the applied plant psoralens (furocoumarins).

This has to involve unusual skin, or lots of sun, or something.

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[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

"the routine preparation of drinks"

like, margaritas, and then leaving the kids out in the sun?

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

ps your star plans tonight, or are you in for the evening?

nocturnal girl

[eub.livejournal.com]

I'm determined to make my midnight bedtime deadline once this week, to see, just experimentally, how I feel when I'm not sleepy, and I guess it's going to have to be tonight. Good luck seeing stars fall.

(<movingcastle>Don't catch them, they would rather die.</movingcastle>)

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

thanks, I probably won't go amywhere all alone, besides, I have an unhealthy relationship with news about the hurricane to keep up (the national hurricane center updates their info every 3 hours and their maps every 6 hours).